Designing Smart Healthcare Materials for Enabler of Future Technology. 

The Smart Biomaterials Design (SBMD) Lab is dedicated to developing innovative platforms to solve challenges in the healthcare field, such as tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, through the sophisticated design of biomaterials. To address limitations of existing biomedical strategies including lack of suitable materials with high levels of complexities/dynamics in the body, our lab focuses on developing/designing smart biomaterial systems for potential applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Our lab aims to develop smart biomaterials capable of mimicking the complex and dynamic in-vivo environment and to propose new therapeutic strategies based on a deep understanding of human body/tissue systems as well as the interactions at biomaterial-cell interface. Specifically, we are focused on leading key technologies for the era of personalized medicine through biomaterial innovation.

Smart Biomaterials Design Lab은 생체재료의 정교한 설계를 통해 조직공학, 재생의학 등 헬스케어 분야의 난제를 해결하기 위한 혁신적인 플랫폼 개발에 주력하고 있습니다. 본 연구실은 생체 내 복잡하고 역동적인 환경을 모사할 수 있는 스마트 생체재료를 개발하고, 세포와 생체재료 간의 상호작용에 대한 깊은 이해를 바탕으로 새로운 치료법을 제시하고자 합니다. 특히, 줄기세포 분화 조절, 인공장기칩(Organ-on-a-chip) 개발, 손상된 조직의 재생을 위한 생체모방 고분자 기술을 연구하여 맞춤형 의료 시대의 핵심 기술을 선도하는 것을 목표로 합니다.

We are actively seeking passionate individuals interested in biomaterial, hydrogel and tissue regeneration and development. We also embrace interdisciplinary research and welcome talented individuals from diverse academic backgrounds. We highly encourage applications from those who wish to integrate knowledge from various fields, including polymer engineering, materials science, biotechnology, and electrical engineering, to approach research with fresh perspectives. 

If you're interested in joining our team, please email Junmin Lee at jummin@postech.ac.kr. Please kindly attach your CV and include a summary of your research interests.

We look forward to potentially collaborating with you on exciting scientific endeavors!